GEN-RENT UK LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12249176 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£-447.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £447,062

Cash YoY

+82%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↑ 82% YoY

Net Worth

-£447k

↑ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

£121k

↓ 8.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£21.5k	£-2.0k
Current assets	£121.1k	£132.1k
Cash	£2.0k	£1.1k
Debtors	£101.1k	£118.5k
Net assets	£-447.1k	£-462.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-07-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-01
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officers · AP01
2025-06-20
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SELLEY, Nicholas John appointed
director
2025-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-10-24
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-04
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SMITH, Aidan James appointed
director
2020-09-04
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3SM INVESTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2020-09-04
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POCOCK, Ryan Paul resigned
director
2020-09-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-04
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officers · AP02
2020-08-13
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3SM INVESTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2020-08-13
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3SM INVESTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2020-08-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-13
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appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2020-03-31
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-12-09
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capital · RP04SH01
2019-11-06
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capital · RP04SH01
2019-10-16
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HAMBLETON, Jonathan Lee resigned
director
2019-10-16
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POCOCK, Ryan Paul appointed
director
2019-10-08
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Company incorporated
As GEN-RENT UK LTD
2019-10-08
➕
HAMBLETON, Jonathan Lee appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

3sm Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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3sm Investments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GEN-RENT UK LTD

This company · 12249176

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
3sm Investments Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/06/2025

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Caroline Jayne Mcnicholasceased 20/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Ryan Paul Pocockceased 04/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Jonathan Lee Hambletonceased 16/10/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-10-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Tower House & Tower Yard Durham Tees Valley Airport

Middleton St George

Darlington

DL2 1PD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SELLEY, Nicholas John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2025-06-20

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Active

SMITH, Aidan James→

director · ~39y · appointed 2020-09-04

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Active

3SM INVESTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2020-09-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HAMBLETON, Jonathan Lee→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-10-08 · resigned 2019-10-16

Resigned

POCOCK, Ryan Paul→

director · ~49y · appointed 2019-10-16 · resigned 2020-09-04

Resigned

3SM INVESTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2020-08-13 · resigned 2020-08-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-07-01

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-07-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-07-01